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Shabbat Services & Special Services
*This month our Family Service will be held on the LAST FRIDAY of the month.
Solidarity Shabbat / Sisterhood Shabbat
Friday, November 2, 2018 @ 7:30 PM
Guest Speaker: Peppy Margolis presents her documentary “The Other”
Friday, November 9, 2018 @ 7:30 PM
Guest Speaker: Rafail Portnoy—Rise of Hate and Anti-Semitism online and what
ADL is doing to prevent it.
Friday, November 16, 2018 @ 7:30 PM
Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
Sunday, November 18, 2018 @ 7:00 PM
Roxbury Senior Center
Shabbat Worship
Friday, November 23, 2018 @ 7:30 PM
Family Service/Rock Shabbat
Friday, November 30, 2018 @ 7:30 PM
November 2018 Cheshvan-Kislev 5779 Volume LVIII Issue #2
Special Events
Sisterhood Paint & Sip
Saturday, November 3, 2018 @ 7:30 PM
Talmud for Beginners
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 @ 7:00 PM
Sisterhood Dinner
Thursday, November 15, 2018 @ 6:30 PM
Conversational Hebrew
Monday, November 26, 2018 @ 7:00 PM
No Religious School: 11/11, 11/18, 11/25
Saturday Religious School: 11/17
No Hebrew School: 10/31 & 11/21
From the Rabbi...page 4 Creating Kinship...page 8
BIRTHDAYS...page 25 YAHRZEITS...page 27
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Friday, November 2
7:30 – 8:30pm Sisterhood Shabbat
Saturday, November 3
7:30 – 8:30pm Sisterhood Paint & Sip
Sunday, November 4
Daylight Savings Time ends
Religious School
10 – 11am Gesher
10:30 – 11am Fun for Gil Harach
12 – 1:30pm Confirmation
4 – 10pm Brotherhood: Movie Night (Topic: Antisemitism)
Monday, November 5
7 – 8pm Ritual Committee Meeting
Wednesday, November 7
5:00 PM Hebrew School
7:30 – 8:30pm Temple Board
Meeting
Friday, November 9
7:30 – 8:30pm- Peppy Margolis Documentary Movie "The Other"
Sunday, November 11
No Religious School
Veteran’s Day
Monday, November 12
B'nai Mitzvah Parent Meeting
Wednesday, November 14
5:00 PM Hebrew School
7 – 8pm Talmud for Beginners
7:30 – 8:30pm Brotherhood Board Meeting
Thursday, November 15
6:30PM Sisterhood Dinner
Friday, November 16
7:30 – 8:30pm Shabbat Worship Services - Speaker Rafail Portnoy
Saturday, November 17
9:30am 7th grade Service: Shabbat Religious School Experience
2 – 1:30pm Confirmation
1 – 2pm Torah Study w/ Rabbi Sere bro-Litvak
Sunday, November 18
No Religious School
Brotherhood Breakfast
4 – 6p Brotherhood: Bowling Night (Rockaway Lanes)
7:00 PM Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
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Wednesday, November 21
No Hebrew School
Thursday, November 22
OFFICES CLOSED
Thanksgiving Day
Friday, November 23
OFFICES CLOSED
7:30 – 8:30pm Shabbat
Worship Services
Sunday, November 25
No Religious School
Monday, November 26
7 – 8pm Conversational
Hebrew w/ Rabbi Serebro- Litvak
Wednesday, November 28
5:00 PM Hebrew School
7:30 – 8:30pm Executive
Board Meeting
7:30 – 8:30pm Sisterhood Board Meeting
Friday, November 30
7:30 – 8:30pm Family
Service/Rock Shabbat
Office Hours
Monday, Wednesday & Thursday
10:00 Am—4:00 PM
Friday 9:00 AM-1:00 PM
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Dear friends,
We are still mourning the loss of innocent lives in Congregation Tree of Life in Pittsburgh, PA with the whole Jewish community throughout Unit-ed States and the world. We have seen an outpour-ing support from the people of all faiths. This gives us hope that the events, such as this, can be prevent-ed in the future. We have held a memorial service on Monday, October 29. Many representatives from the local government officials and churches came to ex-press their solidarity.
Here is the address to the congregation I have given that night.
“Yesterday, Mrs. Okrent - the principal of the religious school and I took our seventh grade stu-dents to New York city. The theme of the trip was Jews in the Ancient civilization. We visited Egyptian Art section in the Metropolitan Museum of Art as well as Jewish Museum on 92nd street.
The children discovered that there was a Jew-ish presence from prehistoric times in the land of Canaan and looked at the artifacts, indicating that Israelites indeed had a presence in Egypt.
Unfortunately, as long and reach is the history of Jewish people, so too the history of anti-Semitism dates back thousands of years. The reasons were many - religious, political, economic, but probably the strongest one - a simple distaste for people, who are different.
On November 9 we will commemorate the 80th Anniversary of Kristallnacht. Think about it - only 80 years ago the Jewish homes and businesses
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Temple Shalom 215 S. Hillside Ave.
Succasunna, NJ 07876
Web: www.tshalom.org
Facebook: tshalomnj Twitter: @tshalom
Phone: 973-584-5666 Fax: 973-584-1674
Professional Staff
Rabbi-Cantor Inna Serebro-Litvak
Rabbi-Cantor [email protected]
Rabbi Joel E. Soffin D.D.
Rabbi Emeritus [email protected]
Administrative Staff
Katie Frank
Temple Administrator [email protected]
Barbara Kavadias
Executive Assistant [email protected]
Congregational Officers
Jeff Newman
President [email protected]
Eric Levine
Vice President [email protected]
Michele Raeihle
Vice President [email protected]
Paul Lakind
Vice President [email protected]
Stacey Gibson
Secretary [email protected]
Steven Cenziper
Treasurer [email protected]
Glenn Weiss
Financial Sec. [email protected]
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were destroyed and many lives taken in the heart of the most progressive and edu-cated country in Europe. And we know that this was only the beginning of the hor-rific events of holocaust.
We continue to teach our children: “Never again”, yet the events of Saturday morning proved that it can and did happen again.
We, American Jews, considered United States, the country whose Declara-tion of Independence states: “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”, a safe heaven. And so it was. But in the last several years we saw the rise of anti-Semitism that took a new form. It is expressed against Israel, the only democratic country in the Middle East, and by default against all Jews. American Jews came under the at-tack by the BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions) movement. Our children are encountering discrimination from the professors and hatred from their fellow stu-dents on college campuses throughout United States who support BDS.
We saw more swastikas on Jewish homes, institutions and cemeteries in the last six years than ever before.
Many feared exactly that, exactly what happened on Saturday at Congrega-tion Tree of Life and so the Jewish institutions and synagogues already tried to be more proactive with upgrading security. At the same time, we want to believe in the goodness of people, and how can you not have the doors open of the house of warship during Shabbat service or a mass. (We all remember the tragic events just a year ago, November 6, at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, TX, where 26 worshippers were killed.)
While we mourn the death of 11 Jewish people, killed in the racist attack, probably the worst in the history of the United States, we must recognize that the gun violence in this country is an ongoing problem and does not discriminate be-tween the race and age. Since Sandy Hook we have been witnessing multiple cases of gun violence in schools, campuses, cinemas, shopping malls and the list goes on.
I think you can all agree that measures should be taken to prevent more in the future.
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Friends, we all came here today - Jews and none Jews, because we are hurt, outraged, profoundly sad but not broken, not afraid. And that’s because we know that the goodness in the majority of us will prevail the hatred and bigotry in few, who try to break us. We will continue to stand together against any expression of racism and antisemitism.
Rabbi William Silverman in 1958 - when the JCC in Nashville was bombed. (The language, of course, was the language of 1958.) Addressing his congregation when some suggested cancelling Shabbat services, said: "WE WILL NOT YIELD TO EVIL! We will not capitulate to fear. We will not surrender to violence. We will not submit to intimidation but, as… Jews, we will continue to speak for truth; we shall continue to dedicate ourselves to social justice and to the brotherhood of ALL men, knowing and believing that all men are created in the divine image…"
To which we say, “Amen, amen!”
All the world is just one narrow bridge but the main thing is not to be afraid
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Mazel tov to our October B’nai Mitzvah students and their families!!!!
Jared Cenziper, Aidan Rosenbaum, Grace Novick, and Blake Salemi
SOOOOOO proud of your accomplishments!!
Each of you stood with confidence and joy as you became B’nai Mitzvah.
Our school wide theme this month is B’tzelem Elohim—In G-d’s Image – learning differ-ent ways to infuse this concept into who we are as humans…… it has been a wonderful experi-ence for our students.
We are continually collecting tzdekah each week to help the soup kitchen. Please re-member to bring in your extra change. Our Greeters Table has been doing a fantastic job each week. All the children have been getting involved and seem excited to be here.
7th Graders went on a fabulous trip to NYC with Rabbi and Mrs. O. Learned so much and had a great time. The Metropolitan Museum and Jewish Museum offered insight into living in an-cient times.
1st and 2nd Graders are busy putting together a book on the Matriachs and Patriachs.
3rd Graders are continuing to master the Hebrew alef bet. Each week learning new letters.
4th Graders are continuing to learn their prayers. Right now, they are mastering the Ma’ariv prayer.
We are doing a school wide backpack program, NORWESCAP food bank. We will be collecting certain food items, and then donating them so these children will have food to eat over the weekend. This is a wonderful program that everyone will feel really good about helping.
Remember…. There is no religious school on Sundays for the month of NOVEMBER.
WE WILL BE HAVING RELIGIOUS SCHOOL ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 17 INSTEAD OF SUNDAY!!!!!!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. Enjoy!
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BROTHERHOOD
Sunday, November 4 : 4 – 10pm Brotherhood: Movie Night (Topic: Antisemitism)
Wednesday, November 14: 7:30 – 8:30pm Brotherhood Board Meeting
Sunday, November 18: 9:45 AM Brotherhood Breakfast & 4 – 6p Brotherhood: Bowling Night
(Rockaway Lanes)
Click Here to see Brotherhood Events throughout the year!
SISTERHOOD
Please see our upcoming events HERE.
Our Book Club will be meeting through out the year. Contact Dinah Fox for more details @
Mahjong will be meeting to both teach how to play and to have games for the more experienced player. Contact Debbie Osberg for more details @ [email protected].
We encourage anyone that has not joined Sisterhood yet to send in the dues and fill out the
application. We look forward to seeing you through out the year!
RENAISSANCE
Contact Shirley Bauer for more information on events for this month.
L’CHAIM
Meetings usually held every 1st & 3rd Wednesday (unless noted) @ 11:00 AM
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Do you have an
upcoming simcha? Be it a Bris, Baby Naming, Bar/ Bat Mitzvah,
Wedding, Bridal Shower, Engagement Party,
Retirement Party…..
Why not rent Temple Shalom’s
Social Hall?
Reasonable rates, catering choices and a lovely
setting!
Contact Katie Frank at 973-584-5666 x 5 or
for more details.
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Ads run for full year.
$200 for 3.5 x 2 (business card)
$400 for 1/4 page
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$800 for full page
Contact the Temple office for more
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Thursday November 1 st Jonathan White
Stephen White
Alexa Saltz
Matthew Goldblatt
Friday November 2 nd Sheri Horwitz
Tuesday November 6 th Mara Newman
Marc Okrent
Rebecca Saltz
Thursday November 8 th Bradley Weiss
Lenore Bernstein Rattner
Saturday November 10 th Carl Savage
Sondra Felsen
Chris Marangon
Sandi Schwartz Weisenfeld
Sunday November 11 th Lisa Drucker
Emma Spady
Victor Camlek
Jennifer Lakind
Melvyn Zander
Monday November 12 th Saul Mandel
Abigail Vogel
Seth Ersner-Hershfield
Lauren Ziegler
Eli Kosciuk
Tuesday November 13 th Judith Zander
Jason Kesten
Phillip Geltman
Gloria Kelchner
Ian Dworak
Wednesday November 14 th Michael Bloom
Alexander Baron
Thursday November 15 th Allen Blayer
Heather Shangold
Adam Shapiro
Corey Winer
Heather Mark
Steven Williard
Steven Leonard
Saturday November 17 th Manuel DeBrito
Monday November 19 th Michael Gross
Benjamin Shapiro
Madison Hagan
Ross Moretzsky
Tuesday November 20 th Stuart Kirshbaum
Wednesday November 21 st Linda Berliner
Frank Mann
Thursday November 22 nd Robert Alper
Lisa Millman
Harriet Shangold
Friday November 23 rd Seth Zuckerman
Anita Dickman
Elizabeth Cogan
Saturday November 24 th Kevin Doherty
Sunday November 25 th Cheryl Kosciuk
Monday November 26 th Ethan Mann
Joshua Adell
Daniel Posniack
Daniel Mann
Aaron Peters
Donald Fast
Tuesday November 27 th William Zamlong
Thursday November 29 th Edward Sonnenberg
Steven Rosenberg
Friday November 30 th Dani Marangon
Lester Schlanger
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November Tributes 2018
YAHRZEITS
From: Michael & Karen Peters In Memory of Michael’s mother, Natalie Peters.
From: Michael & Karen Peters In Memory of Karen’s Grandmother, Minnie Grossman.
From: Maddy Sinoway In Memory of her husband, Lawrence Sinoway.
From: Harriet Levy In Memory of Harriet’s Grandson, Jacob Levy.
From: Andrew & Wendy Mensch In Memory of Wendy’s father, Solomon Chazan.
From: Daryl & Roberta Rosenkrantz In Memory of a loved one.
TRIBUTES
Life Long Learning
From: Laura & Norman Baron
Our Temple Home
From: Jay & Linda Yarnis
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Thursday November 1 Shirley Weinstock Mother of Sheryl Jacobson st
Selma "Syd" Ram Wife of Meryl Ram
Arnold Kesten Father of Barry Kesten
Friday November 2 George Littlejohn Brother of Claudia Witzling nd
Lorraine Allen Grandmother of Allen Gibson
Pearl Weiss Mother of Reva Oren
Edna Segal Miller Friend of Phylis Sapherstein
Saturday November 3 Augusta Cohn Holtz Mother of Rozanne Ralph rd
Nuria Carrandi Mother of Lizette Russo
Sunday November 4 Mildred Ptalis Mother of Alvin Ptalis th
Monday November 5 Herman Kaminetsky Father of Alan Kaminetsky th
Elaine Greenfield Mother of Alan Greenfield
Mark Stein Father of David Stein
Tuesday November 6 Louis Cohen Father of Warren Cohen th
Wednes-day November 7 Barbara Weiner Mother of Karen Poris th
Barbara Weiner Mother of Jill Buckler
Betty Gruber Mother of Robert Gruber
Thursday November 8 Franklyn Geltman Father of Lionel Geltman th
Arthur Lesher Brother-in-law of Cheryl Kosciuk
John Spiropoulos Father of Harriet Gruber
Hanna Baer Mother of Jennifer Leonard
Sunday November 11 Andrew Warner Hoffman Son of Nan Barcan th
Donald Cogan Father of Jonathan Cogan
Ruth Poris Grandmother of Stuart Poris
Monday November 12 Donald Lowy Father of Robert Lowy th
Tuesday November 13 Seymour Sperber Uncle of Judith Fast th
Sylvia Vogel Mother of Michael Vogel
Janice Strow Sister of Joanne Kesten
Wednes-day November 14 Mary Feldblum Mother of Geraldine Friedman th
Louis Mintz Maternal Grandfather of Ronald Millman
Harry Shander Uncle of Gary Lesser
Thursday November 15 Elaine Mendelson Mother of Ethel Casper th
Jack Lebowitz Father of Sandra Cherniack
Tillie Gutterman Grandmother of Victoria Morrison
Barney Weiss Uncle of Arlene Greenfield
Friday November 16 Saul Miller Father of Meryl Nearnberg Th
Saturday November 17 Bebe Aron Kline Mother of Kenneth Kline th
David Sann Uncle of Ellen Lesser
Sunday November 18 Harry Antebi Father of Gloria Gura th
Melvin Kwassman Cousin of Sharon Blayer
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Alex Rudolph Cousin of M. Evan Moretzsky
Monday November 19 th Ira Cohen Machatin of Ellen Lesser
Morris Zamlong Father of Joel Zamlong
Harriet Lax Sister of Eileen Levine
Nellie Rosen Mother-in-law of Marcia Rosen
Ira Cohen Machitin of Gary Lesser
Tuesday November 20 th Charles Zagoren Father of Laura Baron
Carol Costilo Mother of Phylis Sapherstein
Muriel Rosen Mother of Lawrence Rosen
Adele Cali Mother of Richard Cali
Wednesday November 21 st Raphael Cohen Uncle of Marjorie Najarian
Raphael Cohen Brother-in-law of Leo Lewin
Joel Rosen Brother-in-law of Sarita Felder
Friday November 23 rd Max Kirschner Father-in-law of Arline Kirschner
Zelda Dorothy Chait Mother of Linda Gates
Carol Bruskin Mother of Richard Bruskin
Alfred Jacobs Father-in-law of Meryl Ram
Abraham Schwartz Uncle of Arthur Schwartz
Saturday November 24 th Joan Adell Mother of Steven Adell
Samuel Newman Father of Marcia Rosen
Mary Landa Great aunt of Adam Saltz
Mary Landa Aunt of Marcia Saltz
Sunday November 25 th Jack Baer Brother of Jennifer Leonard
Sylvia Cohen Aunt of Phylis Sapherstein
Harry Saphirstein Father-in-law of Phylis Sapherstein
Harry Saphirstein Father of Gerald Sapherstein
Monday November 26 th Fannie Lepowsky Mother of Shirley Bauer
Sarah Aizenhart Grandmother of Rochelle Luks
Harold Mark Father-in-law of Heather Mark
Mamie Baratz Mother of Belle Schwartz
Tuesday November 27 th Alice Aksel Stein Grandmother of Jonathan Seligson
Milton Shapiro Grandfather of Matthew Goldblatt
Paul Schwartz Cousin of Robert Gold
Wednesday November 28 th Anne Markowitz Grandmother of Bradley Weiss
Thursday November 29 th Seymour Goldblatt Uncle of Matthew Goldblatt
Friday November 30 th Nathan Fleischner Father of Joe Fleischner
Emanuel Bloomfield Father of Harriet Shangold
Matilda Stein Grandmother of David Stein
Doris Leipow Aunt of William Gross
Emanuel Bloomfield Grandfather of Heather Mark